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hypercube

Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.pə.kjuːb/

The English word “hypercube” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A geometric figure in four or more dimensions, which is analogous to a cube in three dimensions. Specifically, the n-dimensional equivalent of a cube for any non-negative integer n.
  2. Such a figure in four dimensions; a tesseract.
  3. A data cube with more than three dimensions.
  4. A computer architecture in which each processor is connected to n others, by analogy with a hypercube of n dimensions.

Etymology

From hyper- + cube.

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